Holy Gillou! For the last tournament of his career, at 37, the Niçois prolongs the pleasure with a level and a desire that we had not known him for months. Winner of Murray in the first round, Gilles Simon yesterday achieved what was thought impossible by taking out the solid Taylor Fritz yesterday, who was playing for nothing less than his place at the end of the year Masters. More than three hours of a fierce battle, won with courage and bluster by the man who has sublimated this art all his career. The step will be even higher this afternoon against Felix Auger-Aliassime, who has just won his last 14 matches on the circuit. But this week, and for the last time, you mustn’t swear anything with Gillou.
>> We meet after the Alcaraz match, probably around 4:00 p.m., to follow the match together…